Two schoolboys have been arrested after allegedly spitting at passengers, a bus driver and police in East Kilbride on the weekend.
First Bus have launched and investigation into the incident and is aiding police with enquires.
Officers had been known as after the disturbance on a No. 18 First Bus travelling from the Greenhills space in town between 5 and 6pm on Saturday night.
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One witness mentioned: "I actually do not know what East Kilbride is coming to. Police needed to be known as and a journey that ought to have taken 10 minutes took an hour. We had been terrified.
"The kids concerned had been solely about 12 or 13 I'd say they usually even faced-up to police once they arrived."
A spokesperson for First Bus informed Lanarkshire Reside : "We will affirm an incident befell on the No.18 bus on Saturday, Could 21 and the police had been known as.
"We're at the moment conducting an investigation into the occasions that befell utilising our on board CCTV recording.
"We're additionally aiding police with their enquiries.”
Police in East Kilbride confirmed there was an incident on Saturday at roughly 5.20pm on the bus coming from Greenhills the place two boys allegedly spat on the driver, occupants of the bus and police.
They added that the pair, each aged 13, had been traced and arrested in reference to the incident and a report will likely be despatched to the Kids's Reporter.
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